Parents and Community

Community Engagement

CTA's Community Engagement efforts are an integral part of the organization's Strategic Plan. Community Engagement provides services statewide to local chapters, UniServ units and Service Center Councils in support of community engagement projects. The goal is to build strong, collaborative relationships between communities and local chapters in each of the four CTA regions. These efforts focus on developing projects and partnerships in support of public schools and their surrounding communities.

Lake Eslinore teachers engage community to create supportive environment for students

Featured Community Engagement Event

What began as a chapter response to burgeoning special education issues has grown into a robust teacher-driven series of programs that now has teachers, parents, students and administrators working together to improve all student outcomes throughout the 22,000-student Lake Elsinore Unified School District in Riverside County. Enhancing the effort was the establishment of the union-supported Parent Network and partnership with the local Parent Training Information Center called Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK). This outreach has led to the engagement of community members whose voices were previously not heard in the district. Parent forums are now held regularly, and a CTA Community Engagement Grant provides the child care, food, and interpretation services for non-English-speaking parents. Learn more

Educator Articles

A past issue of the California Educator magazine featured a comprehensive package on how Communities are making a difference in schools statewide: